The heroes are turning villains and they are the real heroes of the movies in the South.
The new ongoing trend is that Bollywood actors are seen playing villains in South cinema. Some recent actors who have played villains include Sanjay Dutt, Sonu Sood, and Jackie Shroff.
Nandamuri Balakrishna’s next, tentatively titled NBK 108 will see Hindi actor Arjun Ramphal in a negative role. Most recently, we had Dino Morea in Agent and Tarun Arora in Rama Baanam.
The Pan India concept is giving an opportunity to all actors from all languages. Jagpathi Babu is working in all languages. Even Rao Ramesh is getting opportunities in other languages.
Akshay Kumar played the villain called Pakshiraja in Rajinikanth’s 2.0, quite a strategic choice to capture both, the Tamil and Hindi market. This also helps to get good numbers with digital rights.
Sanjay Dutt’s character of a robust villain ‘Adheera’ in Yash starrer KGF: Chapter 2 was the highlight of the film. It was a treat to see him as a baddie in Prashanth Neel’s film. Next, he will be seen in Vijays Leo and Dhruva Sarja’s KD.
Vijay Sethupathi in Vikram Vedha and Vikram, and in recent times, it is Prithviraj Sukumara in Ayyapanum Koshiyum. Sometimes villain got screen time than the hero.
So the new trend is that villain is the hero.
